Armrest for closed bodies



Aug. 21, w23. m6521591 A. W. SMITH ARMREST FOR CLOSED BODIES Filed April 17 '1922 n, e @f Patented 'Aug'.`Y 21, 19.23.-

cette LIBERT W. SMITH, 0F DETROITQMICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER BODY CORPORA- i TION, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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- Application led April 17, 1922. Serial No. 554,137.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, havel invented certain new and useful Improvements in Armrests for Closed Bodies, of which the following is, a specification. i

This invention relates to arm rests for closed bodies of automobiles. Arm rests have heretofore been used in closed bodies but they have ordinarily been made by cutting a piece of wood to the shape of the arml rest and securing this to the arm rest board .of the car by means of screws,` this arm restis then covered with the usual trimming.

It is theobject of the present invention to provide a very much superior arm rest by making the same not only soft and yieldable but relatively distortable. This permits the arm rest to yield with the pressure so that when people are crowded together on the back seat of the car the arm rest will not painfully dig into the one who happens to be next to it.

In .the drawings Fig. l is a fragmentary prospective of the inside of a closed car showing the arm rest in position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. x

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 f

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4-4 of' Fig. 2. Y

The rubber block a is rubber. This block is preferably moulded rubber and is provided at the front end with a large recess b, however, supporting ribs or brackets c are left in the\block so as to support the thin top wall d that remains. The unrecessed or rear portion of the strip can preferably be secured to the arm rest board e by screws f; the recessed or front portion of the arm rest can be secured to the arm rest board by.means of nails It. The recess is stuffed with a high grade of curled hair g, as shown in Fig. 3. The arm rest cover z' is then tacked to the arm rest board along line of the rubber block. This cover or trimming is drawn tightly over the recess, as shown in Fig. 3 and then drawn tightly up over the recess and sides of the block and over the flexible top wall d being a recessed rubber block spaced of soft I yieldable able top wall and tacked along the topline of the block `to the V arm rest board. The usual body trimming j is then secured to the arm rest board and over the raw ed es mofv the arm rest cover completely concea ing this.

n will benbviosttat the rubber 510er to furnishes a relatively solid smooth form for -the arm rest and is easily distortable under pressure. This` is especially so when. the recess b is employed and-is stuffed with hair so that it will have a yielding pillow.

What I claim is:

1.A In a vehicle body, the combination of a seat provided with a seat` back and seatv bottom and an arm rest board located at the,r end of the. seat and an arm rest "comprising a block of softdistortable rubbersecured to the'side of the arm rest board and'spaced from the top of the seat bottom. 2. In a vehicle body, the combination ot'v a seat provided with a seat back and a seat bottom and a vertical arm` rest .board'located at the end of the seat and an arm rest comprising a long and narrow block of soft distortable rubber secured to the"s`ide of the arm rest board and spaced from the top of the seat bottom. i

3. In a vehicle body, the combination of aseat provided with a seat back and seat bottom and a vertical'arm rest board at the end of the-seat and an arm rest secured to 85 the vertical arm rest board and comprising from the top of the seat'bottom.

4. In avehicle body, the combination of an arm rest board, and an armrest secured to the side thereof and comprising a block of distortable material recessed at the front and below the top of the same.`

5. In a vehicle body, the combination of an arm rest board, and an larm rest secured thereto and comprising a inouldedrubber block having at the forward end aV recess reaching short of the top .of the block and having ribs or brackets for supporting the remaining top wall above the recess. 6. In a vehicle body, the combination 'of an arm rest board, and an arm rest securedI l thereto and comprising a block of distortable material having a recess to leave a pliyieldable stuing in said recess. 7. In a vehicle body, the combination of an arm rest board, andan arm rest thereto and comprisingv a rubber block provided at the forward end below the top with a recess, yieldable filling material stuiled in the recess and a cover drawn over the rubber block and the filling material.

8. In a vehicle body, the combination of an arm rest board, and `an arm rest secured thereto and comprising a distortable'rubber block provided with a recess running 'longitudinally of the same at the forward end and below the top, leaving la pliable flexible top wall, curled hair stuffed in the said recess and a cover drawn over said block and curled hair.

9. In a vehicle bodyv construction, the combination of a seat having a seat bottom and at the end of the/seat a vertical arm rest board, and a relatively long and narrow. arm rest secured to the vertical arm rest board and having a core provided with a distortable but elasticv member that forms a frame or outline 4for the arm rest.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature.

ALBERT W. SMITH. 

